SciShow Psych YouTube channel thumbnail
SciShow Psych
Subscribers 868K
Videos 413
Views 82.4M

Channels Like SciShow Psych

SciShow Psych explores the science of the human brain and how people interact with the world, presenting content that covers ground-breaking studies, psychology history, and how we understand cognition and behavior. The channel features tutorials, deep-dives, and compilations hosted by Anthony Brown, Brit Garner, and Hank Green, with a steady output since joining Sep 2, 2016. It averages roughly 83.3K views per video and publishes a range of long-form and compilation content, around 22 minutes per video on average.

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#1

82% relevance

Subscribers 44.2M
Videos 255K
Views 8.8B
Appearances 32
SERP 100%
Similarity 71%
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High search alignment on human behavior and brain/behavior topics (100% search overlap) but content focuses on a broad speaker event format rather than SciShow Psych's structured explainers, resulting in 71% content similarity.

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#2

74% relevance

Subscribers 22.4M
Videos 2.3K
Views 4.5B
Appearances 21
SERP 76%
Similarity 72%
psychology explained sleep psychology decision making psychology

Shares queries around psychology explained and decision making, with strong content overlap in educational explainers (72% content), though TED-Ed often uses animated short formats versus SciShow Psych's lecture-style videos.

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#3

70% relevance

Subscribers 16.9M
Videos 1.6K
Views 2.2B
Appearances 18
SERP 66%
Similarity 72%
psychology explained brain and behavior memory and learning

Targets psychology explained and memory/learning topics, matching search (66%) and content (72%) interest, though CrashCourse emphasizes course-like series with rapid-fire overviews rather than SciShow Psych's deeper explorations per video.

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#4

65% relevance

Subscribers 27.2M
Videos 5.5K
Views 3.1B
Appearances 11
SERP 50%
Similarity 75%
psychology explained sleep psychology relationships psychology

Overlaps in psychology explained and sleep/relationships topics (search 50% and content 75%), indicating shared audience interested in broad psychology themes, though TED's library is more lecture/oration-driven than SciShow Psych's concise explainers.

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Neuroscientifically Challenged YouTube channel thumbnail
Subscribers 685K
Videos 202
Views 64.5M
Appearances 13
SERP 34%
Similarity 77%
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Moderate search overlap on brain/behavior and memory/learning (34%), with very high content similarity (77%), suggesting a similar neuroscience-focused angle but a more specialized or quirky presentation than SciShow Psych.

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Subscribers 7.4M
Videos 467
Views 484.9M
Appearances 15
SERP 28%
Similarity 77%
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Shares memory/learning and decision making/relationships topics (content 77%), but lower search signal (28%), indicating a strong neuroscience/biology focus with expertise-driven content rather than general explainer videos.

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Content Landscape

Top competitors by match strength are TEDx Talks (82% match) and TED-Ed (74% match). TEDx Talks and TED-Ed overlap with SciShow Psych on queries related to human behavior science, brain and behavior, neuroscience psychology, psychology explained, sleep psychology, and decision making psychology. TED (65% match) also overlaps on psychology explained, sleep psychology, and relationships psychology. Neuroscientifically Challenged (60% match) shares focus on brain and behavior, memory and learning, and neurobiology basics. SciShow Psych has 868K subscribers, which is smaller than TEDx Talks (44.2M), TED-Ed (22.4M), TED (27.2M), and larger than Neuroscientifically Challenged (685K). The common queries among competitors include psychology explained, sleep psychology, brain and behavior, memory and learning, and decision making psychology.

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Which YouTube channels are most similar to SciShow Psych?

SciShow Psych's biggest competitors are TEDx Talks (44.2M subscribers, 82% match), TED-Ed (22.4M subscribers, 74% match), and CrashCourse (16.9M subscribers, 70% match). They share a focus on educational, scientific, and informational content presented in accessible formats.

What type of content does SciShow Psych make?

SciShow Psych produces educational science content about psychology and related topics, as suggested by video titles such as Welcome to SciShow Psych!, What Are We Really Doing While We Sleep, Being a New Parent is Hard, Cinema Psychology, and The Psychology of Senses. The channel averages about 83.3K views per video, and the recent uploads include compilations and主题 explorations; the frequency is indicated as ~ uploads per week.

How do we determine which channels are similar to SciShow Psych?

We analyze SciShow Psych's recent videos, generate topic-relevant search queries, check YouTube search results, and compare the meaning of each channel's content to measure similarity. The result is a ranked list sorted by SERP overlap, semantic similarity, and search appearances.

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